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Section 2: Constitution of the force.

The Police Act, 1861Central Act · Act 5 of 1861

2. Constitution of the forces.-- The entire police-establishment under a [State Government] shall for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be one police force, and shall be formally enrolled; and shall consist of such number of officers and men, and shall be constituted in such manner, *** as shall from time to time be ordered by the [State Government] ***.

[Subject to the provisions of this Act the pay and all other conditions of service of members of the subordinate ranks of any police force shall be such as may-be determined by the 2[State] Government.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Police Act, 1861
Section2
Marginal noteConstitution of the force.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it2

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government" which had been subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "L.G."
  • repealed, Ben. 7 of 1869. . S. 2, so far as it is related to the provinces under the administration of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, rep. by the Bengal Police Act, 1869 (Ben. 7 of 1869).
  • other. . See note to s. 8, infra, as to enrolment of the police force in certain places.
  • omitted. . The words and the members of such force shall receive such pay omitted by the A.O. 1937.
  • omitted. . Certain words omitted, ibid.
  • inserted. . Ins. ibid.

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